⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 26-8 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the second quarter
A 17-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 6 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 6
Q3 10:30 · ORL 63-69 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope technical foul
Q2 1:36 · ORL 45-55 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q2 9:28 · ORL 32-47 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q2 0:31 · ORL 46-69 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 7:28 · ORL 86-100 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 25 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 15 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
